Submitted on Wednesday 18th March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Protect NHS workers with lifesaving PPE
The government must supply all frontline health workers with full lifesaving PPE to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus within hospitals and protect health workers who are vital in the fight against this new disease.
This includes FFP3 masks, visors, surgical gowns and gloves
In every epidemic healthcare workers are disproportionately affected and many more die compared with their peers, see info on SARS, Ebola.
The personal protective equipment that the WHO and EU advise every health worker have, has now been denied to NHS workers. This is likely due to a lack of resources, in spite of the government being aware that this could reach our shores for months.
We do not know enough about this disease to take risks. Help protect our NHS and sign to support our workers.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304243
Advice on the use of personal protective equipment is a matter for Public Health England, not the Government or Parliament.
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
NHS website: www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: www.gov.uk/coronavirus
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coranavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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